1. The French Revolution (Early Stages)

2. The Reasons
The collapse of the system started in 1789, when every Frenchman belonged to a certain estate
►The first estate − about clergymen
►The second estate − around noblemen
►The third estate − over 23 million representatives (merchants, financiers, manufacturers and more)

3. The Pyramid Of The Estates

4. The Financial Crisis aristocracy with taxes were unsuccessful
►His successor Louis XVI was incapable of keeping the situation under control
►The crisis reached its peak when in 1789 the King was forced to summon the Estates-General
The event that shook the foundations of the Old Regime was the financial crisis of the government in power
►Louis XV attempts to levy the clergymen and the

5. How Voted The Three Estates
In the Estates-General, the three estate voted separately. The representatives of the third estate had one vote only, while the estates of the privileged had two. After May 5th 1789 the fight for the achievement of equal rights began.

6. The Early Stages of the Revolution
When the King learned about the attack he claimed: “But this is a revolt!” , but one of his attendants corrected him: “No, Your Majesty, it’s a revolution.”
On 14 July 1789, a huge crowd of sans-cultures (a name, given to the poor Persians) stormed the Bastille, which was used mainly as a state prison.

7. The Declaration Of The Rights Of Man and Citizen
The deputies representing the third estate and their supporters among the deputies representing the estates of the privileged formed the French Constituent Assembly. They eliminated the class privileges and the feudal rights, as well as the church tithe.
On 26 August 1789, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was adopted.

8. The Failure of the Constitutional Monarchy
Louis XVI could no longer rule as an absolute monarch. With the adoption of the Constitution in 1791, France became a constitutional monarchy.
The Constitution was short-lived. The King’s conspiracy with the aristocracy in emigration and the foreign monarchs against the revolution aroused the discontent of the Parisians.

9. The Radical Revolution

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